Congruencia pura

La National Rifle Association tiene un nuevo miembro:
Barack Obama!

Obama hace homenaje póstumo a Charlton Heston?
o simplemente coquetea con los Republicanos?
El Senador más liberal ahora se pronuncia a favor de las armas...y dice que él no hace política a la antigüa... o será que es la misma estrategia que con el NAFTA?

Politico
Obama aims for pro-gun vote
By: Carrie Budoff Brown
April 7, 2008 06:25 AM EST
Barack Obama did not hunt or fish as a child. He lives in a big city. And as an Illinois state legislator and a U.S. senator, he consistently backed gun control legislation. But he is nevertheless making a play for pro-gun voters in rural Pennsylvania. By highlighting his background in constitutional law and downplaying his voting record, Obama is engaging in a quiet but targeted drive to win over an important constituency that on the surface might seem hostile to his views. The need to craft a strategy aimed at pro-gun voters underscores the potency of the issue in Pennsylvania, which claims one of the nation’s highest per capita membership rates in the National Rifle Association. It also could provide clues as to whether Obama, as one of the Senate’s more liberal members, can position himself as an acceptable choice to a conservative-minded demographic in later primary contests and in the general election...

Obama’s approach is similar to one advocated by Third Way, which issued a seven-step blueprint in 2006 to close the “gun gap” with Republicans. In a memo on its website, the group urges progressives to avoid silence on gun issues, and instead “redefine the issue in a way that appeals to gun owning voters.” Among the key steps, according to Third Way: “Own the Second Amendment” and “Take Your Message Directly to Gun Owners — Don’t Let Your Opponent Define You.”
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